diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/Makefile
index ca5712ce0e52..7dc0de2e35fa 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	choria-mcorpc-support
 DISTVERSION=	2.26.5
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	puppet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ruby support for the Choria Orchestration Server
 WWW=		https://rubygems.org/gems/choria-mcorpc-support
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 USES=		gem
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	choria>=0.20.1:sysutils/choria \
-		rubygem-nats-pure>=0.6<0.8.0:net/rubygem-nats-pure \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-nats-pure>=0.6<0.8.0:net/rubygem-nats-pure \
 		rubygem-systemu>=2.6.4<3:devel/rubygem-systemu
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/mco \
 		bin/execution_wrapper
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/execution_wrapper.rb ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/execution_wrapper
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/files/patch-lib_mcollective_monkey__patches.rb b/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/files/patch-lib_mcollective_monkey__patches.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d230c147b228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-choria-mcorpc-support/files/patch-lib_mcollective_monkey__patches.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- lib/mcollective/monkey_patches.rb.orig	2026-06-03 23:37:51 UTC
++++ lib/mcollective/monkey_patches.rb
+@@ -130,30 +130,3 @@ end
+     end
+   end
+ end
+-
+-# Reject all SSLv2 ciphers and all SSLv2 or SSLv3 handshakes by default
+-require "openssl"
+-class OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext # rubocop:disable Style/ClassAndModuleChildren
+-  if DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options]
+-    DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] |= OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv2 | OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv3
+-  else
+-    DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] = OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv2 | OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv3
+-  end
+-
+-  # ruby 1.8.5 doesn't define this constant, but has it on by default
+-  DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options] |= OpenSSL::SSL::OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS if defined?(OpenSSL::SSL::OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS)
+-
+-  DEFAULT_PARAMS[:ciphers] << ":!SSLv2" if DEFAULT_PARAMS[:ciphers]
+-
+-  alias __mcollective_original_initialize initialize
+-  private :__mcollective_original_initialize
+-
+-  def initialize(*args)
+-    __mcollective_original_initialize(*args)
+-    params = {
+-      :options => DEFAULT_PARAMS[:options],
+-      :ciphers => DEFAULT_PARAMS[:ciphers]
+-    }
+-    set_params(params)
+-  end
+-end